Emily Adams is having much better luck on The Voice than she did on Britain’s Got Talent (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC)

Exclusive: Emily Adams claims Simon Cowell led her up the garden path and destroyed her confidence on Britain’s Got Talent.

The singing hopeful said she was chewed up and spat out by the ITV talent show machine when she auditioned at the age of 13.

‘I sang Summertime and there was a big high, long ending note at the end which Simon Cowell stopped midway,’ said Adams, from Blackpool.

‘I was like “Oh my God! He’s stopped the song”. He said it lacked emotion but I did get four yeses.’

That was not the end of her ordeal, though. ‘I got a letter saying I hadn’t gone through to the next round but then I got a phone call saying I got the wrong letter and I was through. So they called me down to London to be filmed being told I was through but then they said, “You’re not through”.’

But having regained her confidence, her next goal is to prove she is not a ditzy blonde.

‘I thought you could drive to America. I thought you could go through the tunnel, but everyone said, “No, Emily. That’s the one to France”. So then I thought, why can’t you get the ferry to France, get off the ferry and then drive to America? I don’t want to come across as a complete bimbo!’